It's His Plan

Christians get caught up in the world's desire to repair yesterday and control tomorrow. Both of those days belong to God. A false sense of guilt and worry are both a lack of hope. A false sense of guilt comes when we feel that God can't repair the damage we have done or that we have done so many wrong things that God can't use us anymore. Nothing you have done will keep God from doing what is best for His children. That is the "business" He is in to. And God can't use us until we are humble enough to understand that He doesn't use us because we are so stupendous but because we are so weak that He can rightfully glorify Himself through us. Worry comes when we feel that we are somehow in control of tomorrow and not God. We lose hope because we fear imagined events instead of trusting the God of events. Sometimes, I think, that we imagine that God is surprised by what happens--caught off guard. Or, as I've said before, that He sits up in Heaven going, "Oops, didn't see that coming." Both of these "conditions"--worry and false guilt--are the products of pride. We need to stop thinking that God's plan for the universe revolves around us. It's His plan! And He has never lost control for even one second.